MFA17OrBust

Congratulations, @sleam!

@sheherazade Thank you for all the insight you've shared. I wanted to let you know I received official rejection from Boston University this morning. I hope you see movement on the wait list soon. Really pulling for you. Good luck!

@sheherazade no word yet from BU, so I'm assuming rejection. did your email come from catherine or directly from the university? were you notified in the portal? and i couldn't agree more with your assessment of how programs manage rejection notices: it says something about the ethos of the program. i also agree that they should spend more time/resources to notify applicants in a timely way.

I've been off the forum for a few days. Just catching up here. I'm sorry to hear this, @Sleam, but I agree with others who have said they hope this doesn't discourage you. You are a writer-- that is clear. And I wanted to thank you for the positivity and support you've brought to the forum. Wishing you the best.

I'm an older student -- so old that I have children who complain to me about the ageism they experience in their own work and studies. We happen also to be a family of "Other" in many ways. I have been admitted to 5 programs, 4 of them fully funded, and I'm on the waitlist for another. My understanding is that the current cohorts of the programs to which I've applied cover quite an age range-- from mid-twenties (my kids have forbidden the term "Millenials") to mid-to-late 60's. So, that makes me about average. One of the reasons I wanted to pursue an MFA, apart from learning to write better and focus on the work I've neglected over the past few years, is that I love working with young people. Their ideas, experiences, and points of view have informed my own, and their truth, however unvarnished, gives me hope. So, if I can help some young person (who has loads more talent than I possess) to avoid basic writing pitfalls on their way to greatness-- I'm happy to do it. And I would hope that someone with more experience would be willing to do the same for me. I think on the issue of age, there are some cliches that apply: you're only as old as you feel, and all that. But it's also true that you're only as young as you allow yourself to be.

Best of luck, @Hortense, and I'm glad you'll be writing again. Thank you for all your support on this forum.

Safe and happy travels, @Sleam

Congrats on the acceptance, @mandandcamel! I hope the funding comes through.

Thank you for the Draft news, @sadpoet ! And just in case, I'll have pizza tonight

@HebertMarcute @Chickenrun and @Scheherazade - Thank you for the perspectives on GMU. I've learned more on this forum than from many other sources, and I appreciate the different points of view. Again, just so glad I found this thread. Wishing you all good news, and soon!

Congratulations! I've heard good things about the VCU program. Do you know much about the George Mason program, also in Virginia?

Thanks, @Sleam. Appreciate the Draft news!

Hi, @sadpoet - I'm new here myself, but I'll share what I have gleaned from this forum and the results database. It appears Michigan has sent notices of acceptance or wait list. All that remains are the official rejection emails, sorry to say. Others with more experience on TGC can certainly advise you better on this point, but I would think Michigan would notify you, regardless of the transcripts. I know very little about Emerson, though you could probably search their history on the results pages and get a feel for their cadence. So sorry about the rejections... it's hard, no matter how many times you read those words. Lots of us have had difficulty getting accepted into the Draft group on FB; I find it just another way to be rejected now, so I've given up on that. There are some very generous folks on here who have kindly relayed information between Draft and TGC, and that has been tremendously helpful. Anyway -- hang in there, and I hope you hear good news soon.

Again, thank you, @Hortense. So helpful to get the Draft news. (Still a FB fugitive ...)

Thank you, @Hortense! Have you seen a lot of Iowa fiction acceptances on Draft?